Posts Tagged Turn-A-Gundam

So, airbrushing Burning Gundam, Day 3, was interesting. After letting the parts dry and looking at them, I realized that I probably should of assembled and glued parts of it first. So, I took several parts (most already primed) glued them together, and sanded the seams down as much as I could. This took about a day. I then re-primed the parts I worked on, plus several others, but something awful happened before I could finish… I ran out of primer.

So, I had to wait until I got my next paycheck to order more. When I went looking for primer, I calculated that I would need several bottles to finish this kit and start others, like my Unicorn. So, after look and looking and looking, I decided to swtich from Mr. Primer 1000 to Alclad 2 grey primer. Mostly, I’m switching because of the cost/volume ratio, but also because Alclad 2 comes pre-thinned for airbrushing. I’m waiting for the primer to ship and be delivered, so not much work is going to happen until then.

However, I’ve decided to top-coat my older kits. The 08th MS Team Gundam and Zaku are being cleaned before I spray them with Future Shine. I’m also going to top-coat Wing Gundam and SD Wing Zero. I hope to have these done in a few days.

September was an awesome month for my backlog, for several reasons. First, I found not one, but two rare Turn-A-Gundam kits! These FLATs are the suits the main character comes to Earth in. I’m thinking I’m going to paint one red, to represent the Earth-Militia Flat. We’ll see once I get them prebuilt.

Another rare kit I got was the Gundam Front Tokyo edition Real Grade RX-78-2. Not only is this my first Real Grade kit, but it’s also the first duplicate suit model I’ve purchased. I now own two RX-78-2 kits!

Finally, the three Powered GMs are the first time I’ve bought multiples of the same model kit. I’ve got plans for these… First, I’m working on a tutorial series that will use these three kits. I’m going to show the difference between OOB, glue+markers, and airbrushing kit builds. Afterwards the OOB and glue+marker kits will be cleaned up, then airbrushed for another test; Showing the difference between Tamiya, Mr. Color and Testors paints. (Later I might do other variations, but I’ll always use HG Powered GMs for the test. It’s SCIENCE!)

And, as you can see, I got two more Decal sets. MG Sinanju Ver.Ka and a MG Zaku II J/F, which I’d gotten for my MG Zaku II S before I realized that Char’s Zaku decals are also the decals for his Gelgoog. I might have to make that part of October’s backlog, but I’m seriously running out of room! I need to finish the kits on my In-Progress shelf to make room for the other kits! It’s kinda overflowing, and with my current October purchases, I don’t know if I’ll have room to put any of them!

I’m thinking I should paint my Mechanical Chain Bases, but if I do, I’m just going to wash them instead of priming them… Would love to do some LED work with them! Anyone know a good tutorial?

My backlog for August 2012 has fully arrived! This time, I’ve picked up a few kits that I’ve been eyeballing for a while now.

In the Master Grade department, I’ve picked up not only my first Master Grade Zaku Kit, but my first Char Aznable kit! I’ve also picked up my first Ver.Ka kit, in the form a Mobile Pod Ball. (I also grabbed some 08th MS Team decals for it.)

Finally, I picked up two very rare Turn-A-Gundam 1/144th scale kits; The Gold and Silver SUMOs. These are the suits that act as the Royal Guard for the Queen of the Moon. I wanted to get a Turn-X and a FLAT too, but I couldn’t find a site that had them.

And that completes my most recent order. My shelves are rather full now, so I’m going to FORCE myself to do some airbrushing this weekend, so I can finally get the Burning Gundam off my shelf, then paint either my EX Musai or my HG Unicorn. Both have been waiting quite a while to be completed…